Roll-drop window-shade.



No. 822,081. PATENTED MAY 29, 1906.

G. L. WEBSTER- ROLL DROP WINDOW SHADE.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 7, 1905.

CHEEVER L. VVEB STER, OF GALION, OHIO.

ROLL-DROP WINDOW-SHADE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

ratented May 29, 1906.

Application filed June 7,1905. Serial No. 264,043.

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHEEVER L. WEBSTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Galion, in the county of Crawford and State of Ohio, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Roll-Drop Window-Shades; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and tothe letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification. v

This invention relates to the class of rolling window-shades that aredesigned to be hung to the window-casings at the inner sides of thewindows, the invention having reference particularly to the hangingdevices of the shades, especially the rollers therefor, and tosuspenders for connecting the Shades to the rollers.

The object of the invention is to provide rolling window-shades that maybe lowered at their tops for freely ventilating apartments or for otherpurposes, such as for admitting light at the tops while darkening theremaining portions of the windows, a further object being to providewindow-shades of the above-mentioned improved type that may be cheaplyconstructed and be suitable for embracing as parts thereof suchspringroll ers as are commonly found in the market, the whole to beefficient and durable in use.

With the above-mentioned and other objects in view the inventionconsists in window-shades provided at the tops thereof with suspendersattached to rollers for drawing the curtains onto the rollers andreleasing them therefrom; and the invention consists, further, in thenovel parts and in the combinations and arrangements of parts, ashereinafter particularly described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 represents an elevation of a windowwith which the improved shade is connected; Figs. 2 and 3, fragmentaryviews of the roller, showing the shade-suspenders attached thereto; Fig.4, a fragmentary view of the shade and a sus ponder thereof viewed fromthe outside of the window; Fig. 5, a vertical transverse sectional viewon the line B B in Fig. 4 Fig. 6, a top plan of the roller andconnections on the window-casing; Fig. 7, a fragmentary elevation viewedfrom the outside of the window,'

showing the shade drawn up to the roller; F g. 8, a fragmentarytransverse sectional View on the line A A in Fig. 1; Fig. 9, atransverse sectional view on the line C C in Fig. 7 'Fig. 10, aperspectlve view of a clasp for fastening a suspender to the roller;Fig. 11, an end view of the roller; Fig. 12 an end view of thesuspender-bar for spreading and directly supporting the shade, and Fig.13 a top plan of the suspender-bar.

Similar reference characters in the drawings designate like parts orelements.

In the drawings, a designates the windowcasing, to which theroller-brackets b and b" are attached for supporting the spring-rollerD, which is somewhat similar to those com monly used for-supportingwindow-shades, but preferably having the main portion (1 thereof thickerthan the end portions, this being attained in some cases by attaching athick strawboard cover to an ordinary straight roller that has a spindlee, surround ed by a springf, in an end thereof, the end of the rollerhaving pawls g for engagement with a notched collar on the spindle,which construction will be understood.

A pair of flexible suspenders E and E, preferably composed of fabric, astape, are attached to the end portions of the roller D, each suspenderbeing attached by means of a clasp F, that has a slot h therein, throughwhich an end "i of the suspender is passed and turned under against theroller, the suspender extending therefrom about the roller and againthrough the slot to the suspender-bar,

the clasp having a tongue j, having a hole It" therein, through which atack Z is driven into the roller, passing through the suspender thatextends between the tongue and the roller. It will thus be seen that theclasp connects the suspender together and to the roller, the tack merelypreventing the slipping thereof.

The suspender-bar G is attached to the suspenders E and E and also tothe shade H by means of staple-like fasteners m, extending throughsuitable apertures in the bar and clenched over, the bar G beingcomposed of a strip of metal doubled over so as to have a front and aback covering the top of the shade and assisting in holding the shade inthe bar, the shade being inserted into the bar before applying thefasteners. The bar is concavoconvex in cross-section, so as to lieclosely to the roller, and has slots n and n in the folded or bent part,which is the top thereof, to admit the free ends of the suspenders E andE,

which extend to and are held in the bar by the fasteners m. The loweredge of the outer part of the bar G, that is convex exteriorly,

is turned under between the two parts of the bar and has its extremitybent toward the opposite part, forming a lip p to press against theshade for assisting in holding the shade in the bar.

It will be understood that when the suspenders are rolled onto theroller D they will fill the smaller ends of the roller, so as to coverit to the same thickness as the part d practicallv of the roller, thusproviding a v straight roller to hold the shade smoothly thereon. Theroller, however, may be straight or of uniform diameter throughout insome cases, particularly if three or more suspenders be used.

In practical use the roller will operate in a well-known manner, rollingthe suspenders thereon and then the shade, and the latter may be drawndown a suitable distance, as to the dotted lines in Fig. 1.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. Awindow attachment including a spring-roller, a window-shade provided atan end thereof with a suspenderbar formed of a plate turned over the endof the shade and having apertures therein, and a plurality of narrowsuspenders attachedto the spring-roller and extending through theapertures of the suspenderbar and secured to the shade and to thesuspenderbar.

2. A window-shade provided at an end thereof with a suspenderbar formedof a plate turned over to form two walls and having one edge turnedunder between the two 5 tures therein, devices securing the suspenderbarto the shade, a plurality of suspenders extending through the aperturesof the suspenderbar and secured to the shade and to the suspenderbar,and a spring-roller attached to the plurality of suspenders.

4. A window-shade provided at an end thereof with a suspenderbar formedof a plate turned over to form two opposing walls, the inner face of onewall being concave and the inner face of the other wall being convex,devices securing the shade between the two walls of the suspenderbar, aplurality of suspenders connected to the suspenderbar and to the shade,a spring-rollerattached to the plurality of suspenders, and'claspsattached to the spring-roller and also each to a Suspender.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHEEVER L. WEBSTER.

